Frame for shafting-hangers and the like.



APPLICATION HLED APR. 28. l9ll.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

FRED ALBERT, OF J ERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FRAME FOB, SHAFTING-HANGERS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 28. 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. Fara) ALBERT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. residing at Jersey City. Hudson county. New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Frames for Shading-dangers and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention rela es to improvements in. frames for nmehinenv such as shafting hangers. press frames and the like and it iS my object to produce a frame which will be strong. light and rigid at a very low cost.

in the drawing l have illustrated my invention applied to a shafting hanger and l igure l is a side view: Fig. a longitudinal sectional. view: Fig. 3 a cross-sectional View on the line 3 il of Fig. l Fig. l a top view and Fig. :7 a perspective view of the frame proper.

in making my frame a sheet of metal of suitable gage is cut out flat and then bent into a U-section body with side walls l--l, front wall '3. with the openings 33 therein and a flange i at the top edge thereof. The openings 53- -3 are located as necessity dictates by reason of the use of the frame is to be put to and the front may be angularl joined to the side walls instead of be ing curved as shown although the carved construction eonduees 1o gwater rigidity.

The base 5: is also thri ed of sheet metal with the opening 11 therein corresponding in size and shape to the cross-section of the body. a D-shaped opening being shown to fit the U-section of the body. Notches 6-6 are cut at the end of the opening to receive the edges of the side walls l-1 With the tongue 7' between the walls to enable the structure better to resist crushin side strains. The ends of the base 7 are turned over to form feet and as the base is preferably made of heavier gage sheet than the body the feet 77 will be higher than the body of the base. Bolt holes 88 are cut through the feet on the base.

In assembling the U-shaped body is dropped through the U-shaped opening in the base with the edges of the side walls in the notches and the flange riveted, spot welded or otherwise secured thereto.

In the shafting hanger illustrated the castings 9-9 are riveted inside the U-section body with the bolts 10-l0 therein and the journal box 11 between them. The box Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Serial No. 165,116.

may be raised or lowered and if the bolt holes 8-8 are elongated slots the hanger may be adjusted to the line of the shaft.

By this construction I am enabled to produce a frame which is not only light and extremely rigid but also of great strength since all. the strains are against the length of the sheet. It is also produced at a very low cost from common materials and with a minimum of labor operations.

I do not limit myself to the precise crosssections and shaped openings shown in the drawing and described in the SPBClfiCHtlU]! as it is obvious that they may be varied Without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim 1. A frame for shaft-hangers and the like comprising a: sheet of metal bent into a U section body with an integral flange at one end edge thereof and a base plate of sheet metal having a corresponding D-shaped opening therein through which the body extends with the flange secured to the base.

2. A frame for shaft-hangers and the like comprising a sheet of metal bent into a U- section body with an opening at the bend therein and an integral flange at one end edge thereof and a base plate of sheet metal having a corresponding D-shaped opening therein through which the body extcmlswith the flange secured to the base.

3. A frame for shaft-hangers and the like comprising a sheet of metal bent into a U section body with an integral flange at one end edge thereof and a base plate of sheet metal having a corresponding D-shaped opening therein through which the body extends with the flange secured to the base, the ends thereof being turned over onto the base sheet whereby feet are formed.

4. A frame for shaft-hangers and the like comprising a sheet of metal bent into a U-seotion body With an integral flange at one end edge thereof and a base plate of sheet. metal. thicker than that in the body having a corresponding D-shaped opening therein through which the body extends with the flange secured to the base, the ends thereof being turned over onto the base sheet whereby feet extending above the plane of the base are formed.

5. A frame for shaft-hangers and the like comprising a sheet of metal bent into a U-section body with an opening at the bend therein and an integral flange at one end edge thereof, a base plate of sheet metal having a corresponding D-shaped opening therein through which the body extends with the flange secured to the base and a block secured in the U-section body adjacent to the opening.

6. A shaft-hanger composed of a sheet of metal bent into a U-section body with openings at the bend therein and a flange at one end edge thereof, a base plate With a D-shaped opening therein, the body extending through the opening in the base plate with the flange secured thereto, blocks secured in the U-seetion body adjacent to the openings, bolts 3 extending through said blocks and a journal box held between said bolts.

7. A frame for shaft-hangers and the like comprising a sheet of metal bent into a U-section body with an integral flange at one end edge thereof and a base plate having a corresponding D-shapcd opening therein provided with notches at the corners thereof through which opening the body extends with the flange secured to the base and the edges of the side Walls engaging the notches.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED. ALBERT.

Witnesses FRANK J. BUSSMANN, HENRY ALBERT.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Yatents,

Washington, D. C." 

